- Madhu Koda
Madhu Koda (born
January 6 1971 inPatahatu ,West Singhbhum ) is anIndia n politician who was Chief Minister ofJharkhand from 2006 to 2008. He was sworn in as the fifthChief Minister of Jharkhand onSeptember 18 2006 and remained in office until he resigned on23 August 2008 ; he was succeeded byShibu Soren . He had eight ministers in his cabinet. Koda is the third independent legislator to assume the office of chief minister of an Indian state, afterBishwanath Das inOrissa in 1971 andS. F. Khonglam inMeghalaya in 2002.Madhu Koda began his political career as an activist with the
All Jharkhand Students Union , and eventually became associated with theRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He won in the 2000 Assembly elections from Jaganathpur as aBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. In the government headed by Chief MinisterBabulal Marandi , Madhu became thePanchayati Raj Minister. He subsequently held this post whenArjun Munda took over the reins in 2003.During the 2005 Assembly Elections in Jharkhand, the BJP denied Koda a ticket. He contested as an Independent candidate and won from Jaganathpur once again, defeating his nearest rival from the
Indian National Congress by over ten thousand votes. With a fractured mandate in the state, Koda agreed to support a BJP-led government led by Arjun Munda, taking over as the Minister of Mines and Geology.In September 2006, Madhu and three other independent legislators withdrew support to the Munda government, bringing it into the minority. In the subsequent period, the opposition
United Progressive Alliance decided on him as consensus candidate to become Chief Minister. His government includes the representatives of theJharkhand Mukti Morcha ,Rashtriya Janata Dal , Jaua Manjhi group,Nationalist Congress Party ,All India Forward Bloc , three independent MLAs (besides himself), and the outside support of theIndian National Congress andCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation .Koda resigned on
August 23 2008 . [Subhash Pathak, Gautam Mazumdar, and Madan Kumar, [http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=1faaa5e1-5551-481b-888e-dd93276c92ae&ParentID=ac77345c-b7d7-4d59-8025-f4adf92db32f&&Headline=Koda+resigns%2c+Soren+may+take+over+today "Koda resigns, Soren may take over today"] , "Hindustan Times", August 23, 2008.]References
External links
* [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1797042,000900030009.htm Madhu Koda: Social activist-turned-politician]
* [http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/sep/14jhar5.htm Madhu Koda to be next Jharkhand CM]
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060909/asp/opinion/story_6719599.asp Dedcoding Koda]
* [http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cm-koda-gives-industry-a-rude-shock/21900-4.html Koda Gives Industry a Rude Shock]
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